Lobelia cardinalis Towering Inferno RHS Award of Merit Winners This is a tidiness issue

This is a tidiness issue and not a health of the plant issue

Buddleia 'Bicolor' is a Mike Dirr introduction that arose as a seedling of virtually sterile Buddleia 'Honeycomb'

double (Yaezaki means "double flower") yellow

here's what most of us expected

The foliage turns golden in fall before going to sleep but returns in spring with clusters of pale blue flowers at the tip of each branch

Lobelia cardinalis Towering Inferno RHS Award of Merit Winners This is a tidiness issueLobelia cardinalis 'Towering Inferno' is a 2022 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of a seedling we found here at JLBG among a large patch of self seeded cardinal flower. At 7' tall, this clone stood out above the rest, which ranged from 3 4' in height. The 2" wide stem base was necessary to hold this massive specimen upright. The typical bright red flower heads of Lobelia 'Towering Inferno', start flowering for us in late August, which is typical